Pad-holder.



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EDWARD A. I-IENKLE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PAD-HOLDER.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,1 18, dated August 20, 1901.

Application filed J une 1, 1901.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. HENKLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the countyof Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pad-Holders, of which the following-is a specification.

In an application for patentflled by me of even date herewith, Serial No. 62,725, I have shown and described certain improvements in pad-holders, consisting of a back, sides secured thereto having inwardly extending ilanges thereon adapted to enter slits or kerfs in the side edges of the pad, and retaining devices for the upper surface of the pad secured to said sides.

My present invention is designed foi` the same purpose as that set forth in the abovementioned application, but has for a further object to provide a movable part carrying the retaining devices for the upper surface of the pad which is adapted to fall by. gravity as the sheets of which the pad is made are removed for the purpose of holding said retaining devices at all times in contact with the upper surface of the pad.

The details of the present inventionwill be hereinafter fully described and thatwhich is regarded as new Will be set forth in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specication, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrative of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the pad employed in connection with my improved holder. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the movable head piece or back. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the support or stand with the pad and the movable headpiece or back removed. Fig. 6 is a perspective View showing a modied construction of support or stand. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same,'aud Fig. 8 is a detail perspective 4View of the movable headpiece or back employed withthe form of support or stand shown in Fig. 7.

Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the different views.

` According to my present invention I employ a support or stand 1 and a movable headpiece or back 2, connected therewith but movable thereon. The said support may be stamped from sheet metal with the openings Serial No. 62,726. (No model.)

3 and 4 therein to secure lightnessI and the leg 5 integral therewith adjacent to one end. On opposite sides of the support l, adjacent to the head or upper end of the same, are formed downwardly-extending flanges 6, having slots 7 therein, whichintersect the side edges of the support l between said flanges.

The headpiece or back 2 is bent at its ends to form the sides 8, and `said sides are bent inwardly toward each other to form the flanges 9. The said flanges 9 are adapted to .fit within slits or kerfs 10 in the side edges of the pad ll and are also adapted to fit within the slots 7 in the base l. The upper ends of the sides 8 are extended above the flanges .9 and are adapted to be bent over to form the lips 12, which constitute retaining devices for the upper surface of the pad 11. l parts of the device are applied, the lower ends of the flanges 9 on the sides 8 may be bent When thev `over to form the projections 13, which are `adapted to engage the lower edges of the- `flanges 6 to prevent the separation of the back or headpiece 2 from the base l.

When the device is first constructed, the

upper projecting ends 12 of the sides 8 are in line with the body portions of said sides, and in applying the pad to the holder the same is placed upon the upper surface of the support 1 with the slits or kerfs 10 in the side edges thereof in line with the slots 7 in said base. The headpiece or back 2 is then applied by passing the flanges 9 on the sides 8 into the slots 7 and slits or kerfs 10 and afterward bending over the upper projecting ends of the sides 8 to form the lips or retaining devices 12. When thus in place, the pad is securely held by the flanges 9 and upward movement or bodily separation of the padas a whole from the holder is prevented by the retaining devices 12. The sheets may be withdrawn from the holder by grasping the free ends thereof and drawing the same outwardly or away from the back or headpiece 2. In so doing the material of which said sheets is made will yield beyond the slits or kerfs 10 therein and ready separation of the same may be effected without tearing or mutilating the sheet and without the formation of rough or uneven edges at the upper end thereof. Furthermore, no stubs will be left beneath the retaining devices 12. As the IOO thickness of the pad decreases, due to theremovalof portions of the same, the back or head piece 2 will fall by gravity without separation from the support 1, so as to maintain the retaining devices 12 constantly in contact with the upper surface of the pad. A neat even appearance of the pad and its holder is thereby maintained at all times, and the retaining devices l2 are constantly in engagement with the upper surface of said pad.

Instead of constructing the support 1 of sheet metal it' may be formed in a solid block from wood lor other like material. When so formed, the support 1al has an inclined upper` surface, and slots or grooves 7is are formed in the opposite sides thereof adjacent to the head or yupper. end. A shoulder or projection 14 may also be provided thereon. The hacker headpiece 2a has the flanges 9 on the sides 8 thereof fitting within the slits or kerfs 1 0 in the side edges of the pad 11 and also ,in the grooves 7a. The vSaid back or headpiece is further formed with an inwardly-extending flange or projection 1 5, designed to engage the shoulder 14 for preventing the separation of said headpiece from the support la. The operation and method of use 4of this form of my invention is identical with that abovedescribed.

l have shown and described my invention in what are deemed by me at this time to be thev preferable forms of the same; but it is obvious that many minor changes may be made without departing from the nature or spirit of the invention. I do n ot therefore limit myself to the exact details of construction herein shown and described except as defined by the following Claims- It may be stated, for example, that the projections 13 on the lower ends of the flanges 9 vand the projection 15 on the back or headpie-,ce 2? may be dispensed with altogether.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire vto secu re b v Letters Patent, is-

1. A pad-holder comprising a support, and a back or headpiece slidingly mounted thereon, Ithe said back or headpiece being formed in one piece and havingntogral sides formed with inwardly-extending iianges adapted to fit within slits or kerfs in the pad and having e retaining device for the* upper Surface of the pad,- -aS and for the purpose sot forth.

2 A psd-.holder comprising a support haves1,11e

ing open Aguide-slots inthe sides thereof and a back or headpiece having sides formed with inwardly-extending flanges the said sides adapted to embrace the ends of said support and said flanges adapted to fit within said slots and within slits or kerfs in the pad, the said back or headpiece being further provided with retaining devices for the upper surface of the pad, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A pad-holder comprising a support having guide-slots in the sides thereof and a back or headpiece having sides formed with inwardlyextending' flanges adapted to ft within said slots and within slits or kerfs in the pad, said back or headpiece being further provided with retaining devices for the upper surface of the pad and with a projection adapted to engage a correlativo part on said support for limiting the upward movement thereof, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A pad-holder comprising a support having guide-slots in the sides thereof, and a back or headpiece having sides thereon formed with inwardly extending flanges adapted to it within said slots and within slits or kerfs in the side edges of the pad, the said sides being extended upwardly beyond said flanges and adapted to be bent over to form retaining devices for the upper surface .of the pad, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A pad-holder comprising a support of sheet metal having an integral leg and having downwardly-extending fiang'es thereon provided with slots which intersect the support between said flanges, and a back or headpiece having sidesy thereon formed with inwardly-exten ding flanges' adapted to fit within said slots and within slits or kerfs in the side edges of the pad, the said sides being extended above said flanges and adapted to be bent over to form retaining devices for the uppe'r surface of the pad and the lower ends of the fianges on said sides being bent to form projections adapted to engage the lower edges of the flanges on said support, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence 0f two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD A. HENKLE.

Witnesses W. E. I-IERING, E. PERCY TEAL.

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